Unit 2 – Quadratics
Math 2200
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Example 2.
(a) A rectangular dog pound is to be made with 60 m of fencing using the kennel as
one side of the pound as shown. Determine the quadratic function that models
the area of the dog pound, A(x), where x is the width of the pound.
x
x
Kennel
(b) What is the maximum area of the dog pound? What is the length and
width of the dog pound?
(c) State the domain and the range of the variables in the function.